| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE39830 |
Method for apparatus for recording and playback of multidimensional walkthrough narratives |
September 11, 2007 |
| A method and apparatus for recording and playback of multidimensional walkthrough narratives. A three dimensional modeling language is used to automatically create a simple three-dimensional environment using pre-existing electronic documents. A first user, or author may navigate thr |
| RE32330 |
Method of maintaining the correct conditions of an electrophotographically duplicated image |
January 13, 1987 |
| A method of maintaining the correct conditions of an electrophotographically duplicated image, which uses a reference plate having at least a dark-tone area and a light-tone area and in which signals associated with the reference plate are detected and synthesized to control the dupl |
| RE31371 |
Developing system |
September 6, 1983 |
| A developing system is provided for a copying process such as an electrophotographic copying process in which a developer is supplied to the surface of a member which is formed with an electrostatic latent image to provide developing thereof. An electrode is disposed opposite the sur |
| RE30535 |
Developing device in electrophotographic copying apparatus |
March 3, 1981 |
| An improved developing device in electrophotographic copying apparatus in which a plurality of developing electrodes are disposed along a path of movement of a photosensitive drum surface. The electrodes are applied with voltages in a graded manner which conforms to the damping character |
| D435845 |
Computing system |
January 2, 2001 |
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| D294709 |
Electrophotographic copying machine |
March 15, 1988 |
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| D265655 |
Electrostatic copier |
August 3, 1982 |
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| 7620717 |
Method and system for remote diagnostic, control and information collection based on various com |
November 17, 2009 |
| A method, system, and program product for communicating with machines connected to a network. Information sent to or from the machines is transmitted using electronic mail or a via a direct connection. The electronic mail may be transmitted over the Internet to a service center or fr |
| 7620349 |
Agent containing unit having improved usability, agent refill unit, and image forming apparatus |
November 17, 2009 |
| An agent containing unit for use in an image forming apparatus includes a container, a discharge port unit, and a support plate. The container stores an agent and has an opening on one end portion of the container. The discharge port unit is attached to the opening of the container, and |
| 7620336 |
Apparatus and method for fixing an image |
November 17, 2009 |
| An apparatus including and a method using a fixing device including a fixing member, a pressure member, a heater, and a pressure controller. The fixing member and the pressure member face with each other to form a nip. The heater heats a surface of the fixing member when the fixing m |
| 7619788 |
Document feeding and reading unit and image forming apparatus |
November 17, 2009 |
| A document feeding and reading unit and an image forming apparatus capable of reducing errors in magnification copying when the change in the diameter of drive motors results from heating. The document feeding and reading unit reads a document image while transporting a document sheet. |
| 7619643 |
Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively avoiding an adverse temperature ef |
November 17, 2009 |
| An image forming apparatus includes a first support member, an image carrying member configured to carry a toner image thereon, and an optical writing apparatus connected to the first support member and configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member. The |
| 7616842 |
End-to-end design of electro-optic imaging systems with constrained digital filters |
November 10, 2009 |
| A unified design strategy takes into account different subsystems within an overall electro-optic imaging system. In one implementation, the design methodology predicts end-to-end imaging performance using a spatial model for the source and models for the optical subsystem, the detec |
| 7616841 |
End-to-end design of electro-optic imaging systems |
November 10, 2009 |
| A unified design strategy takes into account different subsystems within an overall electro-optic imaging system. In one implementation, the design methodology predicts end-to-end imaging performance using a spatial model for the source and models for the optical subsystem, the detec |
| 7616815 |
Reformatting documents using document analysis information |
November 10, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for reformatting electronic documents is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing layout analysis on an electronic version of a document to locate text zones, assigning attributes for scale and importance to text zones in the electronic ver |
| 7613802 |
Creating devices to support a variety of models of remote diagnostics from various manufacturers |
November 3, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to creating device objects for maintaining communication between a interfacing device and a controlling device. These device objects are software object or software programs that are created according to information that is queried from the interfacing d |
| 7607658 |
Sheet conveyance apparatus having mechanism for flexibly controlling interval between sheets and |
October 27, 2009 |
| A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a sheet conveyance path, a first conveyance mechanism located upstream in the sheet conveyance path, and a first drive mechanism configured to drive the first conveyance mechanism. The apparatus further includes a second conveyance mechanism located |
| 7606882 |
Method for obtaining an identifier of a monitored device |
October 20, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to determining the unique identification of an interfacing device. The interfacing device is first queried utilizing the hierarchical relationship of the interfacing devices communication means to acquire the unique identification. If this querying is un |
| 7605836 |
Auto registration image forming apparatus |
October 20, 2009 |
| An image forming apparatus forms a latent image on a photoconductive member by scanning a light beam with a rotational deflector, and forms a visual image on a sheet without temporarily stopping the sheet on a sheet conveyance path. The image forming apparatus includes a motor that drive |
| 7603620 |
Creating visualizations of documents |
October 13, 2009 |
| A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for creating visualization of documents. In one embodiment, the method comprises identifying document information associated with a document and converting the document information to one or more constrained time-based media channels. |
| 7603615 |
Multimedia projector-printer |
October 13, 2009 |
| A multimedia projector/printer system capable of displaying, printing, and controlling all multimedia content associated with a multi-media document. The multimedia projector/printer has a multimedia image generator. A print driver interface is provided that allows users to "print" a |
| 7602248 |
Power amplifier and its idling current setting circuit |
October 13, 2009 |
| An idling current setting circuit (3) includes: current setting transistors (Q3, Q4) connected to output transistors (Q1, Q2) in a driver (2) in current mirror form; a plurality of current setting resistors (R1 to R4); and a plurality of switches (ASW1 to ASW4) for switching to any o |
| 7599649 |
Development device and process cartridge including development device |
October 6, 2009 |
| A development device configured to develop an electrostatic latent image on an image carrying member with a two-component developer having a toner and a carrier, the development device including: a developer carrying member to carry the two-component developer to a development region in |
| 7599570 |
Multiscale sharpening and smoothing with wavelets |
October 6, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for processing image data are described. In one embodiment, a method of processing image data comprises decomposing the image data into multiple decomposition levels by applying a wavelet transform to the image data, and modifying coefficients in at least two o |
| 7599095 |
Wavelet-based image processing path |
October 6, 2009 |
| A system is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an image processing path and a print engine coupled to the image processing path. The image processing path processes an input image in a wavelet domain. |
| 7587157 |
Image forming apparatus capable of correcting a rotation speed of an image carrier |
September 8, 2009 |
| An image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier having a moving surface on which a latent image is formed, a drive control mechanism to control a drive of the latent image carrier so as to match a rotation angular speed of the latent image carrier with a target rotation angula |
| 7583847 |
Parsing a JPM file into another JPM file |
September 1, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for parsing a JPM file into another JPM file are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises accessing a first JPM file and converting the first JPM file to a second JPM file based on a desired characteristic of an output image that is to be generated from |
| 7581027 |
JPEG 2000 for efficent imaging in a client/server environment |
August 25, 2009 |
| In one embodiment, the system comprises a server and a client. The server stores a compressed codestream corresponding to image data. The client is coupled to the server via a network environment. The client includes a memory having an application and a data structure stored therein. The |
| 7580985 |
Verification method of manufacturer and model for remote diagnostics, maintenance and control sy |
August 25, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to querying an interfacing device to determine the manufacturer and model of the interfacing device. The querying is accomplished by first inputting signals with known communication means of particular manufacturers. By comparing the responses of the int |
| 7580164 |
Document separator pages |
August 25, 2009 |
| A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for using document separator sheets is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises scanning a plurality of sheets having a plurality of documents to be added to one or more collections, identifying the start of each of the plural |
| 7577901 |
Multimedia document annotation |
August 18, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for adding multimedia annotations to paper documents is disclosed. In one embodiment, a user generates a multimedia annotation to be combined to a paper document. The multimedia annotation is combined with the paper document to form a multimedia document. In an |
| 7577723 |
Method and apparatus for automatic network configuration |
August 18, 2009 |
| A dynamically configurable network architecture comprising networked office appliances which provide network addressing, network naming, service discovery, and user identification in one system. The network architecture provides automatic configuration services for unadministered net |
| 7577387 |
Developing unit having improved agent recovery and supply system and image forming apparatus usi |
August 18, 2009 |
| A developing unit for an image forming apparatus including an agent carrying member, a supply compartment, a supply screw, a recovery compartment, a recovery screw, an agitation compartment, and an agitation screw. The agent carrying member carries and supplies developing agent to an |
| 7577301 |
Multiple page descriptions for the same page |
August 18, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for using multiple page descriptions for the same page is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a file in a file format, wherein the file has a plurality of page boxes for a page, each of the plurality of page boxes corresponding to a differe |
| 7576764 |
Device and method for controlling timing for starting image formation, and an image forming appa |
August 18, 2009 |
| A device and method for controlling timing for starting image formation, and image forming apparatus using such device and method are described. A detector outputs a synchronization detection signal when a light beam enters the detector. The timing for starting image formation is det |
| 7576578 |
Frequency synthesizer and charge pump circuit used for the same |
August 18, 2009 |
| A frequency synthesizer includes an AND circuit (17) for detecting whether a frequency synthesizer is in a lock state according to a signal outputted from an Up terminal and a Down terminal of a phase comparator and switching circuits (18, 19) for switching between presence and absen |
| 7574489 |
System, method, and computer program product for extracting information from remote devices thro |
August 11, 2009 |
| There is provided a method, system, and computer program product for extracting information related to a monitored device communicatively coupled to a network using an HTTP communication protocol. The method includes: retrieving, from a first memory, vendor and model information of t |
| 7570911 |
Image forming method and apparatus for fixing an image |
August 4, 2009 |
| An image forming apparatus, includes an image forming mechanism configured to form an image, and a fixing unit configured to fix a toner image formed on a recording medium. The fixing unit includes a fixing device having a first endless moving member configured to rotate, and a second |
| 7564585 |
Wavelet-based image processing path |
July 21, 2009 |
| A system is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an image processing path and a print engine coupled to the image processing path. The image processing path processes an input image in a wavelet domain. |
| 7555479 |
System for treating saved queries as searchable documents in a document management system |
June 30, 2009 |
| A file management appliance ("FMA") is a device that utilizes multiple processes and queues to provide document capture and indexing services as part of a document management system. Through the document capture and indexing services of an FMA-based system, documents are archived into on |
| 7552381 |
Check boxes for identifying and processing stored documents |
June 23, 2009 |
| A user selects one or more check boxes on a collection coversheet to identify, by location on the coversheet, target documents within a previously stored collection of documents. The check boxes also specify actions to be performed on the target documents. The coversheet is scanned a |
| 7552111 |
System, method, and computer program product for identification of vendor and model name of a re |
June 23, 2009 |
| There is provided a method, system, and computer program product for extracting information related to a monitored device communicatively coupled to a network using an HTTP communication protocol. The method includes: retrieving, from a first memory, vendor and model information of t |
| 7551780 |
System and method for using individualized mixed document |
June 23, 2009 |
| A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system and associated techniques are disclosed. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types (e.g., printed paper as a first medium and digital content and/or web link as a second medium). |
| 7551312 |
Annotable document printer |
June 23, 2009 |
| A printer receives a multimedia document as input and creates two documents as output: a paper version of the multimedia document and a "mapping" file that maps marks on the physical pages onto actions. The mapping table is supplied to an application associated with a pen-capture dev |
| 7548704 |
Image forming apparatus effectively conducting a process control |
June 16, 2009 |
| An image forming apparatus includes at least one image bearing member, an intermediate transfer member, a secondary transfer member, and at least one optical sensor. In the image forming apparatus, it is determined that output values of the respective amounts of toner detected by the at |
| 7548654 |
Header-based scaling and cropping of images compressed using multi-scale transforms |
June 16, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus are described for performing header-based scaling and cropping of images compressed using multi-scale transforms. In one embodiment, the method for adaptively scaling an image comprises receiving a file containing a header that contains multi-scale entropy dist |
| 7546528 |
Stamp sheets |
June 9, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for creating and/or using a stamp sheet is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a first image of a first overview of a first collection of media objects, where the first image has graphical content representing the media objects and a fi |
| 7546074 |
Image forming apparatus |
June 9, 2009 |
| An image forming apparatus includes at least one image forming unit, a primary transfer belt, and a secondary transferer. The image forming unit includes an image carrier and a primary transfer bias applicator. The secondary transferer includes a secondary transfer nip, a secondary t |
| 7536638 |
Action stickers for identifying and processing stored documents |
May 19, 2009 |
| A user affixes one or more action stickers to a collection coversheet to identify, by location on the coversheet, target documents within a previously stored collection of documents. The action stickers also specify actions to be performed on the target documents. The coversheet is s |
| 7536056 |
Header-based processing of images compressed using multi-scale transforms |
May 19, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus is described for segmenting an image, for adaptively scaling an image, and for automatically scaling and cropping an image based on codestream headers data. In one embodiment, a file that can provide a header that contains multi-scale entropy distribution infor |
